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Daily Run Update

I had stopped making the updates. I was not recording daily run miles properly in the previous few weeks. Anyway, in the last few weeks I did not meet my quota of 40 miles per week.

I know I will be motivated to meet my quota if I record every day's miles and report here. What I have decided is to start this post and just edit it week after week rather than write a new post every week.

Some learnings from previous weeks running.
  1. Got new running shoes. makes a huge difference.
  2. Was getting a lot of pain in the knees initially. Over weeks of running, it has gone away.
  3. Cold does not bother me.  It had been 27 deg F one morning. But I was OK after a couple of minutes with just a jersey.

Each number is for Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat

Week of Nov. 4, 2012: 8+5+7+6+0 +0+8 =34
Thurs there was snow. Fri, I was just tired.

 Week of Nov. 11, 2012: 6+7+7+0+5+0+6=33

Week of Nov. 18, 2012: 0+8+0+0+0+0+0=8   Pretty dismal week! Cannot blame it on weather. It was cold but fine otherwise.

Week of Nov. 25, 2012: 6+6+0+0+0+0+0=12
Boy, does it get cold! It was 29 deg F on Sun morning. Want to give cold as the reason for not running, but that is a poor excuse.

Week of Dec. 2, 2012: 0+7+6+3.5+0+0+0=16.5
What happened? The temp was over 60 deg on Mon and Tues! Unheard of warmth in December! Global climate change may be at work.

 Week of Dec. 9, 2012: 7+5+7+8+0+8+0=35
Doing good so far this week. Ran every day so far. 8 miles on Wed in 1 hr and 35 min.


Week of Dec. 16, 2012: 0+0+8+0+0+0+0=8
On vacation. Had plenty of time. No excuse at all, still poor exercise.

 Week of Dec. 23, 2012: 0+0+6+5+0+0+0=11
Want to end the year with reasonably good running. Also need to shed six pounds gained during holidays. Well, neither happened:(

Will start a new post for the new year.

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